Mussomeli in Sciliy puts 500 abandoned homes up for sale for €1

Mussomeli, Southern Sicily is putting 100 empty rundown properties with another 400 to expected to follow, up for sale online for €1, after rural residents abandoned homes to migrate to city. Some of the homes are small, but offer stunning views across the Sicilian countryside and have multiple bedrooms.

One of the condition the buyer have to renovate the homes within three years or face losing their deposit of £6, 200.00 (8000.00).

Mussomeli sits on a hill two hours south east of Palermo which has Byzantine caves and a medieval castle. These homes has been valued £80 per square foot for renovation. The homes are on facing beautiful scenery of the town’s hilly picturesque landscape.